Youngest female astronaut
- Who
- Valentina Tereshkova
- What
- 26/102 year(s):day(s)
- When
- 16 June 1963
The youngest woman to go into space was Valentina Tereshkova (USSR, b. 6 March 1937), who was 26 years 102 days old when she became the first woman in space on 16 June 1963 in Vostok 6.